115th US Open Championship Preview - The State
Topping that list is Masters champion Jordan Spieth, who failed to make it to the match play portion of that championship. Spieth, like the others from that 2010 Amateur, have seen Chambers Bay in tournament conditions and will have a little bit of a leg up on their competition. Brooks Koepka, who shared third place last week in Memphis, also didn't make it to match play. An would go on to win the Amateur the following year at Southern Hills, and he won his first European Tour title a few weeks back at the BMW PGA Championship, the tour's flagship event. While that group played in a championship at Chambers Bay, Ryan Moore has played the course, maybe, more times than the rest of the field combined. Moore will need to rely on those memories if he is to improve on his major championship record this week. He tied for 10th at the 2004 U. S. Open and shared 12th last year at the Open Championship. That is an important note since many believe Chambers Bay, a links course, will play like an Open Championship. Spieth will be a solid pick this week, not only because he won at Augusta National, but also because he is playing well of late. Source: www.thestate.com
